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WINNSBORO.
8ATURDAY MORNING, MAY 20, 18'5.
We have received a copy of the' New
'Ydrk Herald of tho'1otlh inst., sent us
from Charlotte, N. 0., by .our father,
-Mr. E. H. BRITTON. Those of our
friends who may wish to read the paper
can do so by. visiting our office.
Hagood's Brigade.
We have been favored with the pe
V usal of a letter from Capt. J. J. LoGAN,
25th Regiment, Hagoods Brigade, which
announces the safety of the following
- named officers of this brigade. Some
-of these have been supposed to be killed
up to this time:
At Fort Columbus are Capt. Carson
and Licut. Lesesne, and at Fort Dela.
ware are Col. Simonton, Capts. Logan,
Mazyck, Hanahan and - Bartless, and
- Lieuts. China and Dibble.
Prom North Carolina.
The Raleigh Progress of the 2d inst.
announces that it is new known in that
city to be the settled policy of President
JOHNsoN to entirely ignore Governor
VANOIC and the present Legislature of
that State,'(North Carolina.)
The Charlotte Democrat of the 160th
inst., gives us tile following:
"Capt. Haight, of 1st Div., 23d army
corps, is the Provost Marshall at this
post, and. is authorized to attend to pa
rolling all men who belonged to the late
Confederate armies.- His office is the
corner store, Mansion Hguse building.
We are assured that the troops now
here are for the purpose of protecting
property and preserving order, and. so
far as we know, all the officers are exer
ting themselves to this end."
Mosby to his Troops.
Just before running away, the Rich.
mond Whig says, the guerrilla leader
Mosby issued the following address t(
his troops:
"FAUQUIER, April 21, 1865.
"Soldiers: I have s.ummoned yot
dogether for the last time. The visior
%w6 have cherished for a free and inde
pubnent country has vanished, and thal
c ry is, now the spoil of a conqueror,
I .and your.organization in preferenct
to su rendering to our enemies. I an
no longer your commander. After ar
association of more than two eventful
years, I part from you with a just pridt
-in the fame of your achievements ani
grateful recollections of generous kindiesf
to myself; and now at this moment o
-bidding you a final adieu, accept the as
surance of my unchanging confidenc
.and regard. Farewell.
"J. S. Mosny,
"Colonel commanding Battalion."
Datte from St. Louis to the 2d May
say that on the -23d of April negotia
-tions were progressing near Red Rivei
for the surrender of Gen. KIRBY SMITH'S
forces to the United States authorities,
.and terminatig tie ar west of. the
Mississippi river.
New Orleans dates of the 25th state
that Gen. DICK TAYLOn was engaged
.at that time in negotiating for the aur.
r ender of his army to the United.States
forces.'
*The New York Herald states thc
registered debt of the United States tc
be about twcnty-five hundred millionm
of ddllars. The amount of Treasury
issues (greenibacks) in circulation is puti
ig~wn at nearly six hundred and eighty
three and a half millions, oides tlic
'ational bank notes in circulation; eati.
mated at more than a hu. Irod and
'twenty millions. .
A Wash'mgion correspondent says:
* "It may be stated as ae positive fact that
for the prdserit, with the exception'of
the Secretary of thme Intei-ior, there wihl
be no changb'whmatevet in the Cabinet.'
The' New York Herald.displays iti
-bad feeling towards the people of the
8~ihbi calliimg pn ?roaident JoHN8QNx
~~~uu'ahtbem. Xt ie the- nature ol
to want tag~r opponents pun.
.tfhy are re,duoed .to helpless
. tay ;has l.n "whefath~
d *a er 9is Mpraise of the
Soirth. , St'aft a 'mlai dan .bill,'ad
those who warnt toAake themiselv'es ap
pear brav, and patriotic will conth$
il TTe7i'1us.
Sobd Advice.
The follonug we copy from the Char
lotte Pemora. It is not only'applica.
lo to that latitude, but this. We en
doise what the Democrat says, 'and hope
the 'dea will be impressed upon the mind
of all the people of South Carolina:
CATAWBA COUNTY, N. C, May 9.
Mr. Yates, Editor of the Democrat: As
we have no mail facilities, we know but
little of what is going on, and we 4re
not aware exactly ,f what is required of
the people of thiL,. Ate. Can you give
us information ? W.
Sudh official orders as we have been
able to procure, we publish for public
information. *
We gave our views in our last issue
as to the proper course for our people to
pursue under the circumstances. We
care not to reprint that article or to
write any more on the subject. But we
will simply repeat, that inasmuch as all
armed disciplined opposition to the
United States has :eased in North
Carolina, (and we believe in all other
portions of the country,) it is our duty
to conduct ourselves as peaceablo citi
zens, observing the laws and regulations
of those having power over us, and ex
erting ourselves to preserve order and
rostore prosperity. Our armies have.
been disbanded, and further resistance
would be useless and vain. We. are
unalterably opposed to anything like
guerrilla warfare or bushwhacking. To
our returned soldierd we would say that
the best thing they can-do is to go quiet
ly to their homes and resume work on
their farms and in their workshops.
In a word, we are all virtually prison
ers of war, and it becomes us "to take
due notice thereof, and govern ourselves
accordingly."
Four thousand of the paroled men
recently belonging to LEE's army left
Fortress Monroe on last Satufday for
their various homes in and around Sa
vannah. Mobile and New Orleans, for
which cities they were furnished free
transportation on board United States
steamers.
The News.
The following summary of news we
take from the Richmond Wrhiq, of the
9th and 10th inst. It will be found in.
teresting :
IMPOnTANT FROM MonsLE-Mov-.
MENT To SELMA, ECT.-The latest intel.
ligence from Mobile represents that all
the troops which invested that city, ex
cept those of General Granger's com
mand, left Mobile on the 14th uilt. with
tweity days' rations, for an expedition
up the Alabama river. The expedition
is accompanied.by soine of our best gun
boats, and it is supposed that it would
reach Selina before the 25th ult.
The greatest- efforts possible were be.
ing made to capture the Rebel troops
who evacuated Mobile, and General
Wilson was bxpected to' make short
work of Forrest. We may look for start
ling news from that dire tion in a short
time.
The Meridian (Miss.) Clarion of th0
20th uit., says that General Maury, wh%
commanded at Mobile, has established his
headquartert. at Meridian. All the offi
cers and men in Alabama and Mssis
sippi, belonging to the commands in
North Carolhna and Virginia, are. order-*
ed to report to General Mainry imme
diately.
The Mobile .Netos of the 27th learis
that the rebel rams .Nashville and Mor-,
gan, and five steamers, were at Deomop
olis, but no troops were there except
Mayberry's guerrillas, which were be
Itween Mobile and Domopolis. The do
moralization in the rebel army and navy,
in that region, was very groat.
THE MoNnoE DoorsrE--The Phil
adelphia .Prss .intim~ates that guite a
number of snen are organizing i that
city for 6mriovement upon MexIpo, It
is said, though vaguely, that the object
'ofth patyis to -maintain the talidity
of te Moroedoctrine. In other Words,
they propose to support theo;Beptiblicans
faction in Mezico in opposition totp
Imperialists. It is also runterod that
vessels are to be sitted ogt in Baltimiore
for operating ins the Qut Of MexIeo, or
elsewhere, and that seventy^ i6i, Who
have already seen naval service and who
are to be0 ebmmanded by ans oficeer who
is himself tynly loyal, hsav4 already been
en e oform apart ofite allegd ox:.
on XWORLEANS-TB3EAQD 3N
Wrs rssaarrr.-Our ate adices
from New Orjsans are to~ the2 9t 'ult.
)*la river was then still The
Mes through~ the levees aiz ~j6abo~e
4lgiorp had been, repaired. K helVir.s
asys that thse country on the east side of
'the riefer from Tunioa Landing to Bayou
S mpletegitysndsted for thirty
- ann rat muf..;i
Many itlabitants are ip a n
;itour a'many Tlantet, in
oned ;iconsequence ofth% flo0aii 1wkg
the loyees-give way. Daily fears\veie
enteqUihed of amore desuctivo'veirflow
than ever before occurrdd.
Fnox DAXVILLIC.-A letter in the
I/erald, from Danville, dated 2d inst,
says that trains will soon be tunning
regularly to Greensboro.' Affairs in
Danville are progressing very satisfac
torily, and the orders issued by Major.
General Wright, in relation to passes
and other local matter6, have given
universal satisfaction. - There is every
probability that this town will in a short
time bec'ome a very thriving little place.
LATER FROM EURQP.-A telegram
from Point au Basque, dated- Saturday
evening, announces the arrival off that
Poifit of the steamship Jibernian, from
Liverpool, with five days later news, but
before the advices could be transmitted
the wires wore broken at Port Hood.
The folleving was all that was received:
'The L mdon corn market was short of
supplies, n there was a better business
doing in English foreign wheat at an
advance i prices.
TirE 'RING FASHIONS for gentlemen,
as they p ear to us upon the persons of
those wb have visited the g' ;at empo
rium of I shion, New York, btrike us as
somethil very ui ue mid becoming.
full trow ere, sh ort O glish coat, peached
waistcoa und round-topped hat of any
color. lis was the (res almost of the
English blocknde runner last winter.
The blo ade raised, tho fashion itself has
come in. Welcome I
No P sasxs RxyQuis.-Dy an order
from G oral Halleek, it is understood
that all yal persons can come and go
from Ai himond without patses or restric
tions of ny kind; 'the7 simply being
reqired to register their names as they
land or leave. Confedorate officers or
soldiers v1o go to loyal States without
proper uthority, do so at their own
peri.
GEXE A, Pitow OFEnS TO TAKE
TrN~ A B avprv n.A rigadiAr Gen.
eral Gid on J. Pillow, of Teunessee, is
said to have requested permission to
return t his lione at Columbia, and
offers to take ihe amnesty oath and give
bonds fo his future good conduct. Gen
eral Pill v has, or had, a large plantation
near Conmbia, and was joint owner
with .hi sister, Mrs. Governor Aaron
V. Brown, in a still more extensive
one near Helena,'Arkansas. He has lost
over sev.n hundred slaves by the failure
ol the rebellion.
PRxSIDENT JoHNSoN is lectured by
the Jewish Record for fixing the 1st of
Juno as the day of humiliation and
mourning, for the assassination of the
late President Lincoln. The selection
of that day, the editor says, -is quite as
mal apropos as his previous selection of
Ascension Day, a high festival in the
Christian Church;-inasmuch as the dst
ofJine happens to be the Jewish Festival
of Shervutous.
RicruuEDi.-A number of the paroled
Marylanders who went home, to Bal
timore, from Richmond, after the sur
render of Gen. Lee's army, have returned
to Richmond. They were arrested in Bal
tiniore and committed tojail, and obtgiined
their release only upon condition pf re
turnihg South.
MonusnwARInn FoR yEn,. DAvI@..A
It is beld th~at the reward of *1 00,
000, ofr for' $hs apprehension of Jeff.
Davis, wjl soon, be inoroased to one
ars, a.8 well by Gov'ernmental
jythe liberal patriotism of the
.Chicago about $30,000 hiave
a'T!W'een raised for the purpose, And
in New York a coneiderable sum.- has
been contributed.
* A Memphis despatch reports that Jeff
Thompson surrendered himself and his,
entire arnay on Theaday last to %Japtain
Mitchell, of'the 'United State's navy.
Jeff's "enthrirny" gz'uet by'this time
constitute nMyery formnilable fore.
The eatiron-olad, the Nto Ironsidsj
which has' been~ at 'the Philadelphia
Navy Yard .fors "ldng time 'repainng,
'wll leave that pace nert week, goehn.
pgtnied by the .pa ne RW double
turreted ironi-clad of treat power. Their
destmnation i* unknoewn.-- .
A .young -man 6n Louis'ilke, named
Mervyn, Aaar bbe n' reted: for writing
an anonym6us ltot General .Palmer,
aeheral 'wee(g A S~thtedig to assa*
sinste him if JoAWed Sne Mundy to
be hunig.
dfhle eggar of Te*niessee on TI)1s
dsy lete'Hon u~ Pat tp.0
represent that Statoi e Uonited te~s
Senate. ~htneWA Seniator~ is~ .:mmn..
law 4P.'dedt Jdoan,
*I'he Nsfectioit" is the tte
sumned by. siow o yeigios eihn-~
beh e ciittngsi ofaa
.kind, ne pure .and perfoet in thougl'
W0Ed and - A
Prom'Ihe North.
From the Pfew fokk liald, of May.
10, w -extract the anneXed itoins:
By way sfIpana we have papers
from Houstoatid Galveiton to the 25th
tit. A grand nieeting was held at
Houston on the 22d, and anotler at
Springfield; and with considerable on
thusiasm it was decided to continue the
rebellion, although they had the new's of
the fall of Richmond and'the capitula.
tion of Lee. They declared the Trans
Mississippi Department to be suoiciently
vast and fuill of resources to repel- the
invasion, and insure its independence,
and to sustain Jeff. Davis. There were
some who thought otherwise, and Brig.
adier General Rawes, who commanded
Galveston. sent in his resignation, and
was replaced by Colonel Ashbel Smith.
General Magruder was at Galveston,
where he reviewed the troops.
A Federal attack on the coast of
Texas was momentarily expected.
The news from San Antonio announce
that a telegraph was about to be open
ed between thut city and Matampras,
and finally continued to Austin.
The schooner Velocity,-with cotton,
was captured on the night of the 2 1st
uIt., just as she was going out.
We are told that "deserters an d rob
bers-abound in the State, and are com
mitting the most flagrant robberles and
assassinations. Not even poor old we
men are free from their cruelties. It is
to be hoped they w.ll be punished."
We liad the pleasure yesterday, (24th)
of seeing Captains Maffit anld Davidson,
of the Confederate Navy.
This morning (24th), at nine A. M.,'
a gunboat arrived froi the Eas1t,' and
immediately afterwrit the blockading
squadron Pl aced their flags at half-mast.
This steamer doubtless brought the
news of the death of Lincoln.
NEW ORLAXS, May 8, 1865.
Gonral Canby met Dick Tayli- fi.
tenu miles from 'Mobile and opened no.
gotiations for a surrenJor of the rebel
force. Nothing decisive was, deter.
Iined upon, but Taylor was allowed
irev'erai days to consider the proposi
tions. It is believed that he has acce
dod, to the terms befbre this. He must
have been influenced to tiat end by the
surrender of Johnston.
General A. J. Smith, with the com.
mand, occupied Montgomery, Ala., on
the 25th ult., and General Steele Sehuma
on the 27th.
Arn extensive land slide of the river
bank at Algiers occurred last night,
heavily damaging the shipyard of Vall
& Conner, also' that belonging to the
Government.
Low middling cotton, 36c.; strictly
middling cotton hold at 40c., closing
buoyant, with a reported advance.
CAIRO, Ill., May 9.
-A dehpatch from Memphis confirms
the report of the surrender of Dick
Taylo'r to General Canby. Unrestrict.
ed trpQ1e. has been resumed in West
Teinessee, except in articles c9ntrabaud
of war.
WASHUINGTON, -May 9.
The court for the trial of the conspi
raters concerned in the assassinationof
President Lincoln, and the .attempted
assassination of -Secretary Seward, con
vened to-day, pro fo-na to arrange thie
rules anld modo of proceedings. in said
court. It is not yet determined whether
the proceedings shall be made pululic as
the trial progresses.
The prisoners--David El. Harold, G.
E. Atzerot, Lewis Payne, 8. B. Arnold,
Mighdel McLaughlin, Samuel Mfudd and
M. El. Surratt--on being bropghrt be.
fore the Military Commission to day,
wers asked whom they desired to select
as counsel, when they named the panties
selected. -T
. Sr.Louis, May 9.
Major Coo per's rebel battalion, -one
hundred and flfty strong, surrehdaerd to
General Sandborn, at Springfeld, Nfo,,
on Saturday. They f,ooke th-ioath of
allegance.
Thirty ot Price's men took ihe oath
at Croseville day .befere -yetrfy.2
Considerable nurmbes -are arriving fropn
other points.
BAisrioxx, May'9.
The stearner Le Rfal from "Vera
Cruz, withi the Maria dp ontholon,
the newly appoine Mrro iister to
Washington, is reportefddgwn..th. bay,
and is expected :.o arrireihere to-day
with the M .,4 . ,.~ ou
for the qeat'9Gs - t . Morisieur
Latnon, reaiel, 9 h 'onsiarl at Balt',
more, is preparid'tp gise him an ap
priate recoeptidabs lemwllprocein
mediatolyto- aIM .
1,M 0.
M '~(1~~rAIt~t~Pby a lrority
from ed-era for
nrha ini t~jl. sore 6nts ago
They WiYU ~ iedon th ath int.
An ana..oo ab.ou. ifo.. hu.
dred persons took l in Wasingtpa
'1it not wi4 eeches were mader
qtd r t4ns a.14d designed to pre
vent..' .rie6rn tqt e District of Colum.
bla of tortr rosioents who left there'at
the commencement of the rebellion and
joined the rebel army. An exciting de
bat2 took place in the Washington Oiky.
Councils on Monday night over a -reso
lution warning these met agaplst re
turning to that city.
An important order wasr&eiveays.
terday by Qollctor Drapbr, of this 6ity,
from -Secretary of the Treasury MoCul
lough. It states that "the three per
cot. fee on goods goirig to the inburrec
tionary States is abolished. Such'trans.
portation is hereafter free." 1
The thirty-second anniversary of the
American Anti-Slaver,. Society took
place yesterday in the church of the
Puritans, Union square. The exercises
in the morting ensisted of prayer and
singing, and speeches by Wendell Phil.
lips, George Thompson, Lloyd Garrison
and Mrs. Harper, a colored lady.
We have received the Ha'milton, Ber
mudo, Mirror, of the 26th of April, but
it contain3 nothing of importance. Jt'
terms the news of the rebel General
Lee's surrender 'un-welcorme intelligence,'
and says: "We await, with anxiety,
further results of this sad termination'of
a noble cause."
On Monday last Lietenant Corn
mander Budd, of the lorida, delivered
over to General Dix Captain Reed lvd
the officers of the late rebel ram Webb,
and they have been vent on to Fort
Warren for safe keeping.
A RAND CoNORNESS OF NATIs--.
?urope, alarmed at the strengtli pf the
reunited States, would be oply tod lad
to accept President Johnson s inati ip
to Sn international congress. The 'Ux
cestquestion, the Canad% questid. die
Italianquestion, the Polish questi, the
Pop .of Rome questiou, and al the
questions which vex both cointine'nts
could be settled in'that congress withoot
any trouble. Let' President Jolnison
make the proponitipn.
MEXIOAN )MIGdATIox.--The French
organ in this city makes- a' great deal of
fuss about the proposed eoigration of our
soldiers to Mexico. Bl:t it is diflkult to
see what our governmeut has to do witli
it, since J.mericans have the right to
emigrate when and where they lilke. It
i stlI more difficult to see how Frartto
can object to it, untid such little matters
as the refitting and recruiting of rebel
pirates are explained away. -
BANKRUPT RnLs.-All the leading
rebel generals are bankrupt. Union
officers are lending them money to get
home. Kirby Smith, who thoughtenore
of 'cotton thsn of the confederacy, is
almost the only one of them who has
any means. As for Jeff. Davis, he'nnd
his specie are in danger of capture..
Loyalty is the best polif, even in a
business point of view.
TiE CONDITION 0F THE SOUTNERN(
PRoPLE.-Read our despotches from da
to day giving accounits of what out am
correspondents see of the Southern people.
The lovernment mAy obtain 01 rny
valuable hints fr6n these letterg. -T'boy
show that the South has beeh cruthed
by a military despotini; that the hearts
-of the people were nev'er enlisted iin this
war, 'and that thq Souithemrnetg -*il
aveng6'themseelves upoi' the leaderrf
the relbellion if they are allowed t)e
provlege.
* JEPP.. DAvis TBAPPED.-.OgV laI
advices leaye Jeff. Davis at Washin~j
Georgie, Surrounded. by . So~tos
cavalry. We hope that the one hud
thousand dollars reward will haea&o
divided among Stotnemamg's men~. '
R~oSR~gN.,hr will
dficulty aboutXpoonstructing theUb on.
'The Southern pople are alaxs.
~o~e back.. outhor~ p yma~~ e
qeady rriving hero tp I44tleir olI
debts. Tiow opo. the7Sithat trade
and commerce w il do the rest.
*An order has beenissued by the War
Deprtmnent for .the imnmediate discharg.
of all imprisoned rebel soldiers' not above
the rak of colonel, whb, prev' usta the
captur'o of Rih a ' hi
desire tota' - . -n
the governm 'dd-o ark stl i1ng
tods.
8 Ptan being received lo
Ph I atoWa a fund to puochase
.Lincoln and her .childrn a homne
The Secretary of War ha, issued an
order declarieg exchanged all prisdner.
01 war de~livered on. parole to Federals
oflere East of the Missiuippi river, ex
oepwng-those delivered at Daien, Or.
MAxilfILIAN's LoAN RE.?UDIAT***
L0eio.-.dvices5 fromn Paris
fthe'i no *intentior, -of'o4~, tji
Lendon for 'tue niew i I 1abln
?l,000i000 sterling. Itb ia,
loan, Its introdetion in Londou Meuld
illegal..